Opera Gala with Kristine Opolais | Sesto Quatrini and the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (2016)

A gala concert with a top soprano: Kristine Opolais gives a solo concert at the Latvian National Opera (2016). The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sesto Quatrini accompanies her. The program includes some of the most famous arias and instrumental pieces from operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Camille Saint-Saëns, Arrigo Boito, and Alfredo Catalani. Born in 1979 into a musical family in Latvia, Opolais joined the choir of the Latvian National Opera in 2001. In 2006 she made her debut at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden. Roles at La Scala in Milan and the Vienna State Opera followed. In 2014, Opolais went down in the history of the Metropolitan Opera New York by singing two premieres of Puccini operas two nights in a row. She began with the title role of Madame Butterfly, and the following day she stood in for another artist as Mimì in La Bohème. To this day, Opolais is considered one of the most sought-after Puccini interpreters in th